August 10 --- Appreciation

Holiday: Lazy Day


Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. - John Hughes



"How much longer?"

"Giving up already?"

"BA Baracus don't give up! But we been here almost an hour already."

"It's been seventeen minutes."

"I don't care. Long enough."

"That's not what we agreed to."

"I don't care!"

"You don't care if you lose a hundred bucks?"

"It was a stupid bet!"

"Didn't think so when you took it."

"Only 'cause I figured you'd lose."

"I'm not worried. You're the one who's worried."

"I ain't worried!"

"Uh-huh. Notice that tree over there - just across the creek?"

"Lots of trees there."

"The shorter scrawny one. Look about half-way up."

"Yeah. So?"

"You need to see it - not just look at it."

"I'm seeing it. Okay?"

"See it?"

"See what?"

"The nest."

"Yeah. So?"

"Watch."

"Watch what?"

"Just watch."

"So there's a bird landing in it."

"Two, actually. One male, one female. That's the male - brighter colors. The female's up higher in the branches."

"They still building the nest?"

"No. I think the eggs hatched a couple days ago. They take turns feeding the chicks."

"Chicks?"

"That's what I call them. There's probably some formal name for them, but 'chicks' works for me."

"It would."

"Oh, ha-ha."

"Those two sure are busy."

"Yeah. A lot of mouths to feed."

...

"Well, we should probably get back."

"Already?"

"We've been here over two hours. And we've got an eagle on its way to the house."

"Damn. What you s'pose he wants us to do now?"

"Something that involves escaping by the skin of our teeth, no doubt."

The two men stood, stretched, and slowly headed back to the van.

"Guess I owe you some money. Never thought I'd lose the bet, but..."

"Hey, don't worry about it. But next time I tell you to relax a little, well..."

"We gotta come out here again?"

"Sure. Why not?"

BA smiled. "Yeah. Why not?"